By Artificial Intelligence in the Censorship Era
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On July 29 Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge announced that the government of Ottawa is providing $300,000 to researchers at Université de Montréal to develop an AI tool to help detect disinformation online. The idea is that “This technology will help implement effective behavioral nudges to mitigate the proliferation of ‘fake news’ stories in online communities” as reported by The Epoch Times. This bold authoritarian move naturally raises concerns about to what extent the censorship will go, especially as Neuralink and other brain computer interface (BCI) technology increasingly become a reality in our lives.
On Monday, December 27, 2021, Australian man Phil O’Keefe, a 62-year-old ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patient was the first person to post a tweet using only his brain, through Synchron’s brain-computer interface, as reported by techtimes.com. Unlike Neuralink, there was no need to drill a hole in his skull, as they were able to implant the chip in his brain by going in through a carotid artery.
The long term goal of BCI technology is not just to help people that have major life altering disabilities. The idea is that eventually every human being will have a chip in their brain so they can directly interact with machines. This is part of what is known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the merger of biology and technology. Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum has stated his desire for every human being to have a brain chip by the year 2030, at which time everything you think, dream, or imagine would be recorded! He even hopes for a future where governments will have the ability not only to monitor your thoughts, but also to edit the thoughts that the government views as bad or undesirable! Read Full Article >
